Subscribe by EmailMissed The Andromeda Strain? Catch it Again on Saturday Night
May 30, 2008 by Patrick Biz |By Patrick Biz
Contributing Writer, [GAS]
This week, A&E broadcasted its awaited mini-series, The Andromeda Strain, featuring Benjamin Bratt, Eric McCormack (Will & Grace), Daniel Dae Kim (Lost) and Rick Schroder (24). The 2 two hour episodes aired on Monday and Tuesday night, but if you’ve missed the show, you can watch the rerun this weekend.
The Plot
Following the crash of a US satellite near a small town in Utah, a micro-organism, codenamed Andromeda, kills virtually all citizens as their blood instantly coagulates. Mysteriously, two survivors are found alive and may hold the key to a possible cure. A team of highly specialized scientists led by Dr. Jeremy Stone (Benjamin Bratt), is running against time to stop the spread, while a reporter investigates a possible government conspiracy to save a sample of Andromeda.
5 Million Viewers
The Andromeda Strain is the second most-watched A&E show ever, reaching 5 million viewers for part II. If you’ve missed this great mini-series, catch it again on Saturday night, or make sure to set your PVR from 8:00pm to 12:00am EST. The show is also available in HD.
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I haven’t seen it, but every review that I’ve read of it said that it was terrible, so you can count me out of the re-watching party.
You know, critics… I don’t know how many times I heard that a TV show (or a movie) wasn’t good, and after seeing it I thought darn critics, they’re all a bunch of purist looking for the next Citizen Kane. Jericho, in my opinion, would fall into this category.
Bottom line F_raze, you could watch the first 30 mins and you’ll know for sure if it’s worth watching the remaining 3.5 hours
The critics also gave bad reviews to Farscape, Firefly, and Star Trek. I tend to judge a show on its merits and not the critics. The 2 shows mentioned above are quite popular, but were booed by the critics. I also remember at one point that the critics gave 2 thumbs down to the original Rambo move, which is now a cult classic.
i gotta say, i watched andromeda strain this week and it’s pretty darn good
I just watched it and I was impressed! Benjamin Bratt did a great job as a leading man and the supporting cast was really good too. The suspense and science were done nicely and I’d suggest this to any sci-fi fan.
It was good. It definitely tapped into the high tech world. Maybe it could have been a little less predictable. The original Andromeda Strain movie was more suspense than this one. I don’t know, maybe if it had been a little more scary… I think there were a few “politically correct environmental” statements inserted which we probably could have done without. All in all I give it a solid 8.
Now I have an idea about an Ebola based story…….hmmmmmm